Cable-railway crossing



(No Model.)

F. G. WEIR. CABLE RAILWAY CROSSING.

N0.398,106.1 Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRIC C. IVEIR, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CABLE-RAILWAY CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,106, dated February 19, 1889. Application filed November 23, 1888. Serial No. 291,689. (No model.)

To all 1071/0721, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIC C. \VEIR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Railway Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

Jly invention relates to an improvement in a slot-rail crossing for cable railways.

The features of my invention are fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective sectional view of one of the slot and crossing rails in position. Fig. 2 is a reverse perspective view. Fig. 3 shows a detail sectional elevation of the crossing-rail and a sectional elevation of the slotrail.

In constructing crossings for slot-rails of cable roads it is desirable to relieve the flange of the slot-rails from the strain. This is accomplished in one way by cutting out the slotrail to receive some portion of the crossingrail below the head of the rail which is not cut away.

The object of my invention is not only to relieve the head or top flange of the slot-rail from strains, but to use the crossing-rail for supporting the said head or flange. This is accomplished as follows:

1 represents the slot-rail; 2 the top flange; 3 the crossing-rail. The crossing-rail is slotted under the head, as shown at l, Fig. 3, and the web and bottom flange of the crossingrail are cut away, as shown at 5, so as to prevent the same from projecting too far into the slot-rail in. the way of the passes between the two slot-rails.

6. represents the slot-rail, which is provided with gain 7, to receive the lower portion of the rail 3. The slot 4. in said rail 3 engages the head 2 of the slot-rail. The bottom flange, 8, of the crossing-rail 3 rests upon the bottom of. the gain 7, so that all strain is removed from the head 2 of the slot-rail. These parts are preferably connected together, as shown in the application of Weir and Goldsmith, Serial No. 290,909, filed November 15, 1888.

I have shown in Fig. 1 the ordinary T-rail and in Fig. 2 the ordinary side girder-rail. In Fig. 1 the gain is cut out just to fit the web and bottom flange in the rail, while in Fig. 2 the gain is sufficiently wide to receive the flange of the rail. Either form may be employed.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a cable-crossing, the crossing-rail 3, provided with slot 4, which embraces the head 2 of the slot-rail, substantially as herein specifled.

The combination of the slot-rail 1, provided with mortise 7, formed below the head of the rail 2, and the crossing-rail 3, provided with slot 4, for embracing the head of the slotrail and resting in said gain, substantially as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDRIC C. IVEIR.

grip which Witnesses:

T. SIMMONS, J. WATSON SIM$. 

